Zelmer 476: What to do when ...

Some elements can change their colour after long-term

usage. It is not a defect

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Colour from carrot can be removed by cleaning the surface

with a cloth immersed in edible oil

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Dry carefully all parts after cleaning

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Assemble the juice extractor according to instruction

mentioned above (see Preparing for operation”).

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Roll the supplying cord inside the base of juice extractor

motor

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Pay a special attention to transparent plastic parts. They are the most

sensitive for hits and falls. They can be easily damaged then.

What to do when ...

The juice extractor does not work:

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Bring the juice extractor to service agent.

The juice extractor extracts little juice or vibrates

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Use the TURBO function. If the problem still exists, switch the appliance off; clean

the filter from accumulated pulp.

Additionally, empty the pulp collector if it is full

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In case of mechanical filter damage, implicitly replace it with a new one.

Fruit and vegetable juices preparation

Fruit and vegetables for juice extraction, should be fresh and washed carefully.

Vegetables should be cleaned from sand and soil with running water and peeled.

Publications concerning juice preparation, recommend to deep the vegetables into

water with salt and citric acid for 5 minutes. Such prepared vegetables do not get

darker during processing and their juice has natural colo

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Berry fruits should be washed directly before using, so that they do not loose their

freshness

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The selection of fruit and vegetables depends on the season of the year, taste likes

or health recommendations. The way of preparation influences the nutritive value

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Juices should be made of juicy kinds of fruits and vegetables, which should be ripe

and fresh, to get the juice of the perfect flavour and fragrance

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The following vegetables are good for juice preparation: tomatoes, carrots, celeries,

beetroots, parsleys, onions, cabbages, cucumbers, black turnip, rhubarb, etc. You

can also prepare juice of lettuce, spinach, leek and other vegetables as part of diet

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The following vegetables can be added to juices chopped: radish, chives, green

parsley, dill, cress

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Fruit juice can be made of almost all kinds of fruit

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Apples, peaches, apricots and plums should be blanched with boiling water on the

strainer

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Remove the stones from the fruit, which have it, to prevent damages of the juice

extractor

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Juice extracting of plums, blueberries, soft pears, apples or other fruit is

inconvenient. The flesh of these fruit becomes a spongy pulp, which blocks the filter

holes. You can use these fruit mixing a small amount of them with other fruit or

vegetables, it is also necessary to clean the filter more often

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You can extract a small amount of grapes juice, but it is necessary to put whole

bunch to the chute after removing ligneous stalk

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Cut the radical vegetables and hard fruit into pieces small enough for the chute. Cut

the apples into pieces (if they are not small enough to put them whole into the chute)

without peeling and removing seed cavity

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Put the fruit or vegetables into the chute after you start up the juice extractor

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In case the product is blocked in the chute or on the filter pulping blade, use the

TURBO function. If the problem still exists, switch the appliance off, disassemble

and clean

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The fresh juice nutritive value is close to fruit and vegetables nutritive value, but part

of fibre is eliminated during juice centrifuging process. That is why the juice can be

consumed by people, who can not eat raw vegetables due to digestions problems

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Juice drinks are specially recommended for children and elderly people

nourishment

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It is recommended to have a small amount of water while drinking vegetable juices,

which are very strong. If the juices are not diluted, a daily dose should not exceed

a half of glass

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Fruit juices are easier to digest so it is possible to drink a big amount of them: 3 up to

4 glasses per day between meals

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Juices should be consumed immediately after preparing, and drunk in sips. When

drinking juice slowly, it mixes with saliva, which makes digestion easier. Drunk too

fast and in too big quantity the juice is not properly absorbed

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You should not mix fruit with vegetables apart from apples. Melon juice shouldn't be

mixed with other fruit juices

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You shouldn't store juice for later consumption

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Vegetable juices can be diluted with lukewarm, boiled water, mineral water, milk,

whey, sweeten, or flavoured another way

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You can prepare chasers of juice

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The following fragrance spices can be used for vegetable juices: pepper, dill,

caraway, nutmeg, thyme, marjoram, and for fruit juices: vanilla, cinnamon and clove.

It is necessary to mince the spices carefully to obtain full fragrance. The spices

should be used in small amount to keep natural fragrance and flavour of the juice

basic products. Due to low caloricity, fruit and vegetable juices are recommended for

people on a slimming diet

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Fruit and vegetable juices are served in room temperature or cooled with ice cubes

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Salty sticks, crackers and toasts can be good snacks for vegetable juices, as

biscuits, cakes, sponge cakes for fruit juices

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The juice obtained of some fruit and vegetables has tendency to self-condensing.

Such phenomena results from the properties of used products and does not depend

on the appliance

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